Vasyl Rachyba Explained

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Vasyl Rachyba
Fullname:Vasyl Dmyrovych Rachyba
Birth Date:27 January 1982
Birth Place:Dolyna Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Weight:880NaN0
Sport:Wrestling
Event:Greco-Roman
Club:CSKA Kyiv
Coach:Yury Tsikolenko
Show-Medals:yes

Vasyl Dmyrovych Rachyba (Ukrainian: Василь Дмитрович Рачиба; born January 27, 1982, in Dolyna Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast) is an amateur Ukrainian Greco-Roman wrestler, who played for the men's light heavyweight category.[1] [2] He defeated Russia's Alan Khugayev for the gold medal in his respective division at the 2011 European Wrestling Championships in Dortmund, Germany.[3] Rachyba is also a member of the wrestling team for CSKA Kyiv, and is coached and trained by Yury Tsikolenko.[1]

Rachyba represented Ukraine at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where he competed for the men's 84 kg class. He defeated Tunisian wrestler and two-time Olympian Haykel Achouri in the preliminary round of sixteen, before losing out the quarterfinal match to Georgia's Vladimer Gegeshidze, with a three-set technical score (1–2, 3–0, 0–1), and a classification point score of 1–3.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Vasyl Rachyba. London 2012. 7 February 2013. 7 April 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130407160304/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/rachyba-vasyl-1051052/. dead.
  2. Vasyl Rachyba. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417191500/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ra/vasyl-rachyba-1.html. dead. 17 April 2020. 7 February 2013.
  3. News: Cullen. Jessica. Russia wins two Greco-Roman titles at European Championship. USA Wrestling. The Mat. 4 April 2011. 7 February 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131227124152/http://www.themat.com/article.php?ArticleID=23437. 27 December 2013. dead.
  4. Web site: Men's 84kg Greco-Roman Quarterfinals. London 2012. 7 February 2013. 5 April 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130405193947/http://www.london2012.com/wrestling/event/men-greco-roman-84kg/match=wrm184301/index.html. dead.